Arkansas State Police
OPERATION VOICE COMBATS HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN FORT SMITH, OFFERS HOPE TO VICTIMS
FORT SMITH, Ark. — Twelve adults believed to be victims of human trafficking were offered services, and another 32 local victims were identified as part of Operation VOICE (Victims' Opportunity for Independence, Care, and Empowerment),…
PROTECT YOUR KIDS ONLINE: ASP ISSUES WARNING ON SAFER INTERNET DAY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQJ1Ief5Mw0&feature=youtu.be https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dCmuSlK27Yk In 2024, Arkansas State Police’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigated 169 instances of sextortion. That number…
ASP INTERCEPTS COCAINE SHIPMENT ON I-40, ARRESTS UTAH MAN
LEHI, Ark. — On Wednesday, February 5, 2025, around 5:30 p.m., Arkansas State Police (ASP) stopped a 2025 Audi SUV on Interstate 40 eastbound near the 273-mile marker in Crittenden County for a traffic violation. Troopers searched the…
FORMER PIKE COUNTY DEPUTY ARRESTED FOR PAWNING DEPARTMENT FIREARMS
MURFREESBORO, Ark. — Special Agents from the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) of the Arkansas State Police (ASP) arrested former Pike County Sheriff's (PCSO) Deputy Brandon Vines, 40, of Glenwood, on Monday, February 3, 2025,…
ASP TROOPERS SEIZE OVER A TON OF ILLEGAL MARIJUANA ON I-40 IN CRAWFORD COUNTY
VAN BUREN, Ark. — On Monday, February 3, 2025, around 12:45 p.m., Arkansas State Police (ASP) confiscated 2,872 pounds of illegal marijuana during a traffic stop on Interstate 40. ASP Troopers pulled over a tractor-trailer at the 2-mile…
ASP ARRESTS LITTLE ROCK MAN IN MORNING ROAD RAGE INCIDENT
On Wednesday, December 4, 2024, Arkansas State Police arrested Ernest Oneal, 38, of Little Rock, in connection to a road rage incident that occurred on Interstate 40 near Prothro Junction in North Little Rock around 10 a.m. The victim described…
ARREST MADE IN 2023 DOUBLE FATALITY WRECK IN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY
BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. — On Monday, November 18, 2024, Robert Charles Sena, 40, of Bellevue, Nebraska, was arrested in connection to a fatality wreck that occurred in Mississippi County last year and resulted in the deaths of a woman and an…
INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY INTO LAKE VILLAGE HOMICIDE
The Lake Village Police Department (LVPD) has requested assistance from the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division with a homicide. On Wednesday, November 20, 2024, at approximately 7:15 a.m., the Chicot County Sheriff's…
Arkansas State Police Sgt Charged In Assault Placed On Administrative Leave
BENTON, Ark. — Arkansas State Police (ASP) Sgt. Brandon Lofton was arrested this morning in connection to an altercation with his wife. Lofton, 41, of Benton was charged with Aggravated Assault on a Family or Household Member, two counts of…
ASP CID INVESTIGATING TROOPER-INVOLVED SHOOTING IN JACKSON COUNTY
NEWPORT, Ark. — Special Agents with the Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) are investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred at the 73-mile marker on U.S. Highway 67 northbound. On Friday, October…
